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B.L.M.
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B.L.M. est sorti le 1 février 2019 par UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) dans le cadre de l'album Encore
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AlbumEncore
Date de sortie1 février 2019
LabelUMC (Universal Music Catalogue)
LangueEnglish
Qualité mélodique
Acoustique
Valence
Dansabilité
Énergie
BPM110

Crédits

INTERPRÉTATION
The Specials
The Specials
Interprète
Terry Hall
Terry Hall
Chant
Lynval Golding
Lynval Golding
Guitare, Chœurs
Horace Panter
Horace Panter
Guitare basse
Nikolaj Torp Larsen
Nikolaj Torp Larsen
Claviers, Chœurs
Steve Cradock
Steve Cradock
Guitare
Kenrick Rowe
Kenrick Rowe
Batterie
Tim Smart
Tim Smart
Trombone, Tuba
Pablo Mendelssohn
Pablo Mendelssohn
Trompette
Oli Langford
Oli Langford
Violon
Tom Pigott-Smith
Tom Pigott-Smith
Violon
Bruce White
Bruce White
Alto
Ian Burdge
Ian Burdge
Violoncelle
COMPOSITION ET PAROLES
Terry Hall
Terry Hall
Paroles/Composition
Lynval Golding
Lynval Golding
Paroles/Composition
Horace Panter
Horace Panter
Paroles/Composition
Nikolaj Torp Larsen
Nikolaj Torp Larsen
Paroles/Composition
PRODUCTION ET INGÉNIERIE
Terry Hall
Terry Hall
Production
Lynval Golding
Lynval Golding
Production
Horace Panter
Horace Panter
Production
Nikolaj Torp Larsen
Nikolaj Torp Larsen
Production
Sophie Ellis
Sophie Ellis
Assistance d’ingénierie de prise de son
George Murphy
George Murphy
Ingénierie
Cenzo Townshend
Cenzo Townshend
Ingénierie de mixage
Rob Sellens
Rob Sellens
Assistance d’ingénierie de mixage
Frank Arkwright
Frank Arkwright
Ingénierie de mastérisation

Paroles

Lynval Golding, born 1951
Mendes, St Catherine, Jamaica
The year was 1954 you know
Sir Winston Churchill, shout across the West Indian Islands
Him seh "Come, help us re-build this country, devastated by war"
And so anyway, my father set sail upon the Windrush
Bound for a new life
My father was a tailor by trade
And so this could be the possibility of all possibilites
But no, there was no cloth to stitch
Instead yuh know wah? Him find work in a steel foundry
Pouring hot metal, day and night, day and night
And even worse, you know what I mean
Him try to find a room to rent, this was becoming a nightmare for him
Him knock on door, after door, after door
But the sign in the window keep sayin' the same thing
"No Darks, no Irish, no Blacks"
Welcome to England
I'm not here to teach you
I'm not here to preach to you
I just want to reach out
And say
Time move on
In 1964 my father shout across to Jamaica
"Son" Him seh, "Come join me"
So I set sail on a ship called the 'Askina'
When I reach Southampton, on a cold winter's night
Boy I was freezing
I want to tell the captain to just tek me back to Jamaica
But no, I was here to stay
So me father send me to a school
Linden Road school in Gloucester
I remember the first play time
A bwoy shout across to me "Oi you black bastard, come here"
I said "What?!"
He said "Come here you black bastard"
I still couldn't believe, I says "What?
Are you talking to me?
Are you talking to me?"
Boy, welcome to England
I'm not here to teach you
I'm not here to preach to you
I just want to reach out
And say
In 1994 I move again
The land of the free, the home of the brave
The United States of America
And there I was just walk along in the sun
Minding my own business
Such a beautiful day man
When I remember
I had to buy a watch for my sister's birthday
When boy eventually I found this store
As I walked through the door
This woman in the store shouted at me
"What you doing here, you god damn ****?!"
Said "I'm just, I'm just tryna buy a watch for my sister"
When she heard my accent she said
"Oh you're not from here, you're not one of them"
"One of them" I said
"You mean me bein' black
Well ma'am let me tell you somethin' here right
I am black, is that all you see
The colour of my skin?"
In England them call we a black bastard
In America they call you a god damn ****
Boy, welcome to my world
But I'm not here to teach you
I'm not here to preach to you
I just want to reach out
I'm sayin'
Black Lives Matter
Written by: Horace Panter, Lynval Golding, Nikolaj Torp, Terry Hall
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